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Judi Lynn

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Thu Feb 28, 2019, 08:27 PM Feb 2019

Ex-SDNY prosecutor slams GOP for Cohen attacks: 'The government didn't pick him as their witness -- T

Ex-SDNY prosecutor slams GOP for Cohen attacks: ‘The government didn’t pick him as their witness — Trump did’
NOOR AL-SIBAI
28 FEB 2019 AT 19:24 ET

The former U.S. Attorney with the Southern District of New York panned Republicans for attacking the credibility of Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen during his congressional testimony — by noting that it was their party’s president who propped him up in the first place.

GOP congressmen like Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mark Meadows (R-NC) are missing the forest for the trees when attacking Cohen’s credibility, ex-U.S. Attorney David Kelly told MSNBC’s Ari Melber Thursday.

“They need to remember, the government didn’t pick Cohen as their witness — Trump did,” Kelly said.

“This is a person who Trump chose to have by his side for ten years or more,” the ex-prosecutor added. “And Jim Jordan, those folks who have been former prosecutors, know well that the way you find out about what the bad people do is you get somebody who is close to the bad person, who is bad themselves.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/ex-sdny-prosecutor-slams-gop-cohen-attacks-government-didnt-pick-witness-trump/?utm_source=push_notifications

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Ex-SDNY prosecutor slams GOP for Cohen attacks: 'The government didn't pick him as their witness -- T (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
ReTHUGs made asses of themselves in public yesterday malaise Feb 2019 #1
K&R! mcar Feb 2019 #2
Brilliant statment by David Kelly! Cha Feb 2019 #3
The GOP seems to forget that Trump is by far the biggest liar there ever was. politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2019 #4
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